Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, October 2025

Welcome to our review of the top 5 posts for October 2025. Restaurant openings were the most-read topic on the site, along with our roundup of places offering SNAP meals, a collective generosity to help folks in the Portland metro area who were looking at a lack of federal food assistance starting November 1.

As for traffic during the month on Bridgetown Bites, it was our best month to date. Close to 52,000 unique visitors generated close to 71,000 page views in the month of October 2025. That’s an increase of 43% and 38%, respectively, compared to September 2025.

As always, thanks for reading, sharing, commenting, and sending tips! We are grateful to you for connecting with our little corner of the internet.

5. SNAP Meals: Where To Eat, No Questions Asked, During the Suspension of SNAP

A number of restaurants, cafes, and food carts in the Portland area are providing what we are calling “SNAP Meals”: They’re stepping up and helping feed folks who will lose their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, AKA food stamps) benefits starting in November. It is heartening to see this community effort and the generosity in our local food scene. We’ve put together a list of places—46 businesses making up 80 locations, at the writing of this roundup—where people can access food to eat while SNAP benefits are unfunded starting next month.

4. Dream Deli Will Open in Southeast Portland

Over the summer I had heard talk about Dream Deli—it’s a new deli that is influenced by the owners’ Jewish and Italian heritages, opening on SE Division Street. I was definitely intrigued, and wanted to learn more—in part because if there’s one thing Portlanders are clamoring for, it’s a Jewish deli.

3. Sunday Sauce: Italian American Comfort Food Comes to Portland via New Jersey

Good news: Sunday Sauce opens this week! Get ready for comforting plates of chicken parm, meatballs, giardiniera misto, garlic cheese bread, and yes—Sunday sauce over pasta. Here’s what we know about this new Italian American restaurant from Amanda and Judson Winquist (of Normandie fame) in North Portland.

2. Jawfish Restaurant Will Open on Airport Way in Portland

A rendering of the front of Jawfish restaurant.

Jawfish, a restaurant that is about “celebrating the flavors of the Pacific Northwest,” will open in the old Shilo Restaurant space at what was the Shilo Inn on NE Airport Way. This will be a standalone restaurant on hotel property, and they look forward to offer something exciting to the area, which is mostly home to other hotels and big chains—and a large stone’s throw from the incoming In-N-Out slated for NE Airport Way and Holman. Additionally, Le Petit Chef, an immersive dining experience, will operate at this location.

1. Fast Times To Open in Original Sizzle Pie Location in Portland

A new pizzeria and soft serve ice cream duo called Fast Times is set to open in the original Sizzle Pie location on East Burnside Street. And it is owned by Matt Jacobson, one of the founders of Sizzle Pie. Here is what we know so far.